14' Lund makeover.

[IAHunter11]

Thank you. No reason to hate. All the work was done by hand and elbow grease. No sand blasting involved. ;-)

 

[IAHunter11]

I got aluminum sheet cut for my floor. Started putting in foam. It's kind of a pain doing the foam on end instead of flat but I think it will be worth it. I think the foam all the way to bottom of aluminum sheet will help a lot with support.

 

[GoneFishin34]

Making progress! Looks really nice!

 

[rscottp]

IAHunter11 » 30 Jun 2014, 14:45[/url]"]I got aluminum sheet cut for my floor. Started putting in foam. It's kind of a pain doing the foam on end instead of flat but I think it will be worth it. I think the foam all the way to bottom of aluminum sheet will help a lot with support.

Make sure you leave enough room for water to drain.

 

[IAHunter11]

There should be room for water to drain. I hope. Should I cut a chunk from middle foam section? back of boat is still open.

 

[rscottp]

IAHunter11 » 30 Jun 2014, 18:35[/url]"]There should be room for water to drain. I hope. Should I cut a chunk from middle foam section? back of boat is still open.

If it was me I would probably cut a little triangle out of the center of each piece of foam to make sure the water can easily drain. Kind of a pain but it will never be easier than it is now. Foam will still give plenty of support for your floor.

 

[IAHunter11]

Grrrrrrr why didn't I think of that before! !!

 

[rscottp]

IAHunter11 » 30 Jun 2014, 22:51[/url]"]Grrrrrrr why didn't I think of that before! !!

The framing looks good, progress!

 

[IAHunter11]

It's getting there slowly I should have put it in garage rain is killing progress. Thanks

 

[Kismet]

Yup. This summer in the upper mid-west, the weather has been down-right rowdy.

Still a very nice job.

Cutting the triangle seems like the smartest way. Only idea I came up with probably wouldn't work.

No blaster? Well, then, I don't hate you. Nice job, done the hard way.

 

[mgros483]

Definitely not boat fixin' weather. I'm getting awfully sick of this too!

 

[BayouSerpent]

Its looking great! Very nice job on the paint process. Look very smooth and no imperfections, I hope I can get mine half as good as yours one day.

Great use of foam too, never know when your going to need it, in doubt use more in my book.

Just like riding a motorcycle, its not if you are going to lay the bike down but when...

Enjoying your build! Thanks

 

[IAHunter11]

Well I cut triangles in all my center pieces of foam today. That was a pain I guess I got most of them pretty snug. But its done and will drain. The paint is actually not all that smooth. In fact it's not even paint. I sprayed the entire boat with tintable raptor liner. It is a truck bed liner that's pretty tough rubber style coating. I have used it before. You adjust your air pressure and can make the texture very minimal. I decided to go that route bc it's tough, waterproof and tintable. I have some vinyl lund graphics stencils I made that I need to spray yet. Raptor liner adheres to itself very well. I'm sure I will get some criticism for using it on a boat but that's what I wanted to go with. Thank you all for the comments. I will post more as my project continues.

 

[IAHunter11]

Floor is finally going in. Cutting all those foam blocks was a pain. I think it should help with flotation. View attachment 1

 

[IAHunter11]

I got floor, back, top rail and graphics sprayed. View attachment 1View attachment 2View attachment 3

 

[rscottp]

Looks great! How long til you are back on the water?

 

[IAHunter11]

Hopefully a week or two and it will be all complete. I need to spray trailer also.

 

[IAHunter11]

I got seat posts in main floor. A few accessories mounted. Now measuring side boxes to shear at work tonight to get them close and jig saw the radius edges. View attachment 1View attachment 2

 

[IAHunter11]

Got a little work done on side boxes today. View attachment 1View attachment 2

 

[fishjunky]

Sorry if I missed this but, what is the beam? Thanks

Great looking build by the way.